The DC Voting Rights Act (HR 1905 and S 1257) would give DC one vote in the House of Representative and would give Utah one additional at large seat (Utah believes they lost a seat in redistricting because of how the Census counted Morman's doing missionary work) so that there would be 436 Members of Congress. After the 2010 Census, the total of Members of Congress would got back to 435, but DC would be apportioned one House seat and Utah would get what ever its population entitled it to.
DC would not have any voting rights in the Senate and would not be a state.
Unlike any other US territory or protectorate, residents of Washington, DC pay federal taxes. Guam, Puerto Rico, and the others do not pay federal income tax.
Washington, DC has about 581,530 residents. Wyoming has 515,004 residents.
2007-06-22 17:54:04 · 6 answers · asked by katydid13 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
The House of Representatives and the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee do not agree that it requires a Constitutional Amendment. They and the committee lawyers believe it can be done through statute.
2007-06-22 19:55:49 · update #1
If you want to give DC a vote in the House then there needs to be an Amendment to the Constitution. I would support the Act then. I think we should just make DC a state.
2007-06-22 17:58:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ya they aren't going to get it passed though. Even if they did it, it would never pass the supreme court. They are probably just going to rack up support for it then pass an amendment to the bill of rights or if they can't do that they will declare the district of columbia a state.
2016-05-18 00:51:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT would appear that we are the only democracy in the world where our own capital has no rights,
Vote, Puerto Rico, Gaum, Virgin Islands too
2007-06-22 18:06:19 · answer #3 · answered by Greg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are too many of them right now, let D.C. and Utah pay the Alaskan congress men to vote their way.
2007-06-28 19:01:25 · answer #4 · answered by wakemovement 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't compare a federated capital city(D.C.) with a spanish speaking latin american nation like Puerto Rico (self governing commonwealth in a free association with the US.
2007-06-23 07:08:31 · answer #5 · answered by Brian 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would have to be a constitutional amendment. Then, yes, it could work.
2007-06-22 19:52:01 · answer #6 · answered by Johan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋